COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TEXT ANALYSIS-REALISM AND NATURALISM

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SSB 2004 TEXT ANALYSIS-REALISM AND NATURALISM COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Department of Performing Arts

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IBRAHIM GÜNGÖR

Offered to

Dramatic Writing and Dramaturgy
Performance Arts
Stage Design
Play Writing - Dramaturgy

Course Objective

Introduction of the basic genres and the characteristics of the writers between the XIXth century's last quarter and XXth century's first quarter
7s theater history (as Naturalist and Realist Theater), parallel to the basic concepts of the art of drama to the student; and also the comprehension and skill gaining in using those orally and verbally.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To evaluate the characteristics of the content and the form of a stage play text according to a specific genre,
2   To conceal the author text relation,
3   To establish bridges between the text and the era characteristics,
4   . To develop the skill to find examples to specific concepts that are used for surveying a stage text,
5   To make comparisons between different interpretations and opinions,
6   To express the ideas both orally and verbally.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

SSB 3003 - Text Analysis -Epic

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic Frame of the Naturalist and Realist Theaters
2 August Strindberg's play The Father and traces of the Naturalist theater
3 In Henrik Ibsen's plays A Doll's House (Nora) and The Wild Duck, the realist approach
4 In Henrik Ibsen's plays A Doll's House (Nora) and The Wild Duck, the realist
5 In Henrik Ibsen's plays A Doll's House (Nora) and The Wild Duck, the realist
6 The Seagull - Anton Checkhov and the poetic realism
7 A new approach to the realism perception: M. Gorky- The Lower Depths
8 Midterm Exam I
9 `The Theater of the Thought: George Bernard Shaw - Pygmalion
10 Breaking the sense of reality: Luigi Pirandello - Six Characters in Search of an Author
11 Breaking the sense of reality: Luigi Pirandello Six Characters in Search of an Author
12 The poet writer of the realist theater: F. Garcia Lorca - Blood Wedding
13 Subconsciousness in the perception of the reality: Tennese Williams - Desire Under the Elms
14 End of the year Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Nutku, Özdemir; Dünya Tiyatrosu Tarihi 1. Cilt, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1985.
Şener, Sevda; Dünden Bugüne Tiyatro Düşüncesi, Dost Kitabevi, Ankara, 1998
Şener, Sevda; Yaşamın Kırılma Noktasında Dram Sanatı, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 1997.
Şener, Sevda; Tiyatroda Yaşam-Oyun Ilişkisi, Dost Yay, Ankara, 2010
Türk Dili-Yazın Akımları Özel Sayısı, S. 349, Ankara Üniversitesi Basımevi, 1981
Fischer, Ernst; Sanatın Gerekliliği, Çev: Cevat Çapan, E Yay, Istanbul, 1980.
Hauser, Arnold; Sanatın Toplumsal Tarihi, Çev: Yıldız Gölönü, Remzi Kitabevi, Istanbul, 1984.
Çapan, Cevat; Değişen Tiyatro, Metis Yay, Istanbul, 1992.
Suçkov, Boris; Gerçekçiliğin Tarihi, Çev: Aziz Çalışlar, Adam Yayınları, Istanbul,1982
Brockett, Oscar; Tiyatro Tarihi, Çev: Sevinç Sokullu, Selda B. Öndül, Semih Çelenk, Tülin Sağlam, Sibel Dinçel, Beliz Güçbilmez. Dost Kitabevi, Ankara 2002.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The main method in the lectures is the discussions to help the students understand the characteristics covered, after the lecturer states the context and form characteristics of a stage play text.
These discussions, aim to lead the students to create new and unique ideas and comparisons between different ones as well as the new information taken lately.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The comprahension of the genre, literary movement and author of the play, characteristics of those, are the base in the exam evaluations.
Another significant part is to prove this characteristics with examples from the plays and capacity to make comparisons.
As the basis of the evaluation consists of the written exams, it is very important for students to use a very fluent, rich and correct language to express the ideas and thoughts.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Students are responsible for the reading of the sources about stage play texts as well as the play texts to be held in the class. It is obligatory to hand the papers and the presentations on time and complete.
It is essential to write the papers with academic language according to a very decent ruling and special attention. Plus using scientific methods while writing the issue is important.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ugur.akinci@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

No

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 5 2 10
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 54

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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